主题：圣经故事与货币流动性权力 -- 唵啊吽
King Henry the First produced sticks of polished wood, with notches cut along one edge to signify the denominations. The stick was then split full length so each piece still had a record of the notches.
The King kept one half for proof against counterfeiting, and then spent the other half into the market place where it would continue to circulate as money.
Because only Tally Sticks were accepted by Henry for payment of taxes, there was a built in demand for them, which gave people confidence to accept these as money.
He could have used anything really, so long as the people agreed it had value, and his willingness to accept these sticks as legal tender made it easy for the people to agree. Money is only as valuable as peoples faith in it, and without that faith even today's money is just paper.
The tally stick system worked really well for 726 years. It was the most successful form of currency in recent history and the British Empire was actually built under the Tally Stick system, but how is it that most of us are not aware of its existence?
http://www.xat.org/xat/moneyhistory.html
Even though tally sticks were intrinsically worthless, taxation created a demand for them.
http://fskrealityguide.blogspot.com/2008/10/tally-stick-monetary-system.html
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🙂说得是印钞权，现实是中国的印钞权授予美国人了 3 hwd99 字1006 2011-05-25 09:36:50
🙂很清晰 cmosplay 字52 2011-05-23 19:43:33
🙂如果换个方向，可能比“流动性权力”的提法更通俗 1 wild007 字544 2011-05-22 07:02:40
🙂英国使用了七百年的木筹法定货币
🙂货币的价值没那么大 溅血飘香 字87 2011-05-22 06:02:32
🙂给你个链接看看 唵啊吽 字181 2011-05-22 06:06:42
🙂这篇文章把我绕得一塌糊涂 17 本嘉明 字2218 2011-05-21 15:08:30
🙂我不一定对。你有主见，也不必非得明白我的思路 8 唵啊吽 字1310 2011-05-21 16:52:00